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Not Running
Cranks but will not start after overheating
FORRANDY3
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2008 LEXUS RX 350
3.5L
6 CYL
2WD
AUTOMATIC
179,000 MILES
After overheating car never wanted to restart again.
Wednesday, May 12th, 2021 AT 7:28 AM
1 Reply
KASEKENNY
MECHANIC
18,907 POSTS
This sounds like we have a compression issue.
Here is a guide that will help with this in general:
https://youtu.be/dCjmRL3p4Cs
However, I would start with testing the compression using this guide:
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-test-engine-compression
Also, you can test the head gasket as that would indicate the issue as well.
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/head-gasket-blown-test
Let's run through this info and go from there. Thanks
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